Moments.

Our Himalayan Writing Fellow Vishakha Kamra writes about her experience of writing in the hills.

Moments are important. Moments to me, are an instantaneous shift in the richness of your reality, they are sudden and they leave lasting impacts. They are the defining foundation of our inspiration, and without moments of a native urge to create, there’s no story.

I find myself walking down the stony steps, layered with pebbles shining down the fresh stream, over squeaky timber shadowed by old pine. I peer through the golden sun tenting over the converging treeline that reminds me of the sunroof on my cabin’s wooden ceiling. And in that swift sublime state of being surrounded by the Himalayan green, there’s a moment.

A moment that is timeless. There’s a subtle shift in your creative perception, when you realize that the scented solitude that surrounds you is ageless and evergreen. And with that epiphany, comes a creative freedom.

Nested by majestic mountains, with my feet rooted in dew kissed grass and a diary in my hands, there’s a moment, so free of noise, with no obligations and distractions. It surprises me how the openness of my new week old home is exactly what allows the coziness and comfort where exploring you and your creativity deeper is merely a natural process.

I’ve found my moments of infinite inspiration in these finite number of days. This is a place that challenges creativity, by giving you endless opportunities to discover such moments and make them a part of your story.

And I finish scribbling this diary’s page, there’s nothing more exciting than knowing that there is my next moment, waiting on the next blank page.

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